SAA: Strava Addicts Anonymous

If you’re not on Strava, you have to get on Strava. I mean, really. It’s the best-worst thing for that type-A, OCD disorder you probably already have if you’re addicted to running. But it comes with a warning: You will get addicted.

Lucky for you, here at Runners’ Retreat we not only help diagnose your biomechanical issues, we can also diagnose your Strava addiction – not from any personal experience (cough). Just for you we’ve compiled the following tell-tale signs you’re addicted.

You stalk runners all week then upload Sunday at 11PM – HA you scored the most mileage! (Bennett)

You don’t hesitate to flag people who you know didn’t run that hill at a 3:30 pace ’cause you’re a Strava-Nazi (Karly)

You refresh Strava multiple times every hour – possibly more than you refresh Twitter (Mark)

You yell at your dog when he has to stop to poop when you’re running a segment (Mark)

You spend your whole run thinking of a clever name for your run (Everyone)

You give kudos to those runners you secretly envy because they complete a work out 10 days after running a marathon (Courtney)

Well, folks, there you have it. Get a Garmin watch. Get on Strava. Get addicted. Get a support group. In other words, come to the store: We’re starting weekly Strava Addicts Anonymous meetings in January.